"This was the bestest day ever!"

Said by Justin this afternoon.

Why?

A big thing was Daddy surprised him by working the recess and lunchtime at school. OMG! Justin was just so happy! I was so happy for him!

And Justin got to be a walker at school this afternoon. For some reason, he had really wanted to be a walker.

And then we went apple picking. Boy, oh boy, was Justin happy!

A first for Sarah!

She kept her pull-up dry all day except for at nap time!!!!!!

And I couldn't even get her to use the potty before school. But she was still dry after school!!!

I also couldn't get her to use the potty before getting Justin from school. Then we went to the Apple orchard. She was dry when we got home!!!

I am so proud!

Does this mean much? Not sure, but it's a huge start!

Tough time for Sarah

Mick had the day off today and I had an appt at 9am. So, Mick brought Sarah to school. I should have known.

A. She woke up saying "I don't want to go to school."
B. She likes routine

She was ok-ish until Mick went to get out of the car at school. She just started bawling. His shirt ended up drenched from her tears. He finally got her into school and 2 teachers had to drag her away from him.

Ugh! If you've been there, you know the horrible feelings involved.

My poor baby.

She was ok when I picked her up. Ms Robin said things were tough for the first hour or hour and a half, but she got into things later. Poor kid.

Thursday is a field trip to Riverview Orchards at noon. No school in the morning.

I dread next Tuesday. I hope she's fine by then. Especially since it's her picture day at school.

Sarah progress

We went to Dylan's 1st bday party yesterday. Of course I put Sarah in a pull up. Then I never checked her at all. A few hours later, she suddenly yells out "I gotta pee! I gotta pee!" Ummm..ok....off to the potty. And her pull up was dry!!!!!!

Today we went to the mall. I wanted to bring her potty while there, but it would have been very inconvient so Mick asked me not to bother. When we got home, she ran in and was pulling her pants right off and saying "I gotta go pee pee!" Sure enough, her pull up was dry!

It's a start!

Ymm..ok...you can stop saying that now

We were at Baby Dylan's 1st Birthday party yesterday. At one point we were inside and Mick turned the tv to some Moby Dick show. Someone asked what it was so he said the name. We weren't expecting this --

Sarah: "I like Dick."
us: laughing and in shock
Sarah: "I like Dick."
Us: "Sarah, don't say that."
Sarah: "But I like Dick."
Us: "oh my"

Sarah and the potty

She wanted to be a big kid and get rid of her pull-ups today.

Ummmm....

So we headed out for our shopping trip with her in undies.
And a huge bag of undies, pants, and extra bags in my van.

The good news is she used the potty in 2 stores.
And I discovered she is totally willing to pee at a store if she knows she'll get peez for her effort.

Did I mention that she also peed in her pants 3 times?

Ugh!

But then today she went pee before bed and did some poop! Yeah Sarah! And she was wiping herself and was ready to flush the potty. Wow. I wouldn't have even known if Justin hadn't seen it.

Justin and school

Justin's teacher saw me this morning when I was dropping Justin off and told me that he made her laugh a lot yesterday. They were doing stations and he told her "I love this switcheroo!" and waved his finger in a circle. I was glad that she was able to at least see a little of the side of him that we love.

They have had 2 projects this week where they needed to draw pictures of themselves. The first one was themselves dressed in a costume. Of course, he drew himself in a Batman costume, complete with a bataring and a long cape. Today's project was draw themselves at a party. Again, yup, his as Batman. I asked him "what kind of party was it? A Halloween party?" His answer "just a party." lol

He was in music class when he was 3 with a boy named Emmerick. They were together from Sept - May. So, anyway, Justin hadn't seen Emmerick in over a year and he totally forgot him. Somehow, I am sure with his mom's prodding, Emmerick remembers Justin. Well they are in different classes, but they play at recess. I am still lmao everyday that Justin talks about him and calls him "my friend from music class." Justin just CANNOT remember his name.

So this week Justin is sitting at the circle table with Lila, Vanessa and Christopher. Christopher sits across from him. I have asked him about Christopher several times and he never knows who I am talking about. So yesterday Christopher saw Justin when I was walking Justin into school. "Hey Justin, do you think we should just wait here? The teacher is probably coming soon." I couldn't help but think - typical Justin, never knowing the other kid's names yet they know him. So later that night Justin tells me "Hey, a kid from soccer is in my class! He's not on my team, but he's on the brown team." I ask more and get "I remembered him b/c of his red hair." All I could think was - you played his team 2 weeks ago and have now been in school with him since then. He is sitting across from you and just now you recognized him? Honestly, it just cracks me up and proves that Justin is not always looking around and taking notes. lol Yet, if he wants to pay attention, he's doesn't forget a thing and nothing gets past him. Funny.

Oh, and last week Jenna and Justin told me that they sat together at the oval table. I was so confused. I had been in the room and only remembered rectangular tables. This week Justin told me that he's at the circle table. WTH? So when I went in for recess and lunch duty, I realized that the teacher has the shapes in the middle of the table for the table names. Ohhhhh.....

We have Poop!!

After all this time of holding it until she was in a pull up, Sarah finally pooped on the big potty tonight!!!! And she just did it on her own without ever telling me she was going in to poop. Yeah Sarah!!!

Justin's reasoning

Gotta love this kid! ever since he was stung 4 times by the bee last month, He has avoided being outside as much as possible. He is so scared. He tried to go out a couple weeks ago when Mick was mowing the lawn, but he ran right back inside screaming cause he saw a bee.

So yesterday Mick went out to mow again. The kids were in the kitchen doing crafts. About 15 minutes into it, Justin asked if Daddy is outside already. He wanted to go ride his bike. I was shocked and said "You do? I thought you didn't want to go out tonight." His answer, in all his fine wisdom - "Well, I figure dit out. It's ok to go bike riding b/c that's in the front yard and the bees are in the backyard."

Gotta love the wisdom of a 5 yr old!

Mommy!

Another thing I would hate to forget...

Sarah and I are still at Kindermusic together. She was supposed to move up to the next level where the mommys do not go in the room. But I kept her back b/c doing that just really did not fit into my schedule. And keeping her back allowed us to continue to go with Sarah and experience one of my favorite things ----

At the end of class we get quiet and rock to a lullaby. Oh, I just love this. I guess it is also more special b/c Justin never liked to do the lullaby while rocking with me. It was sad. But boy does Sarah make up for it! Every single class she'll lay in my arms and whisper "Mommy! I love you! Mamma! I love you!"

And I eat it right up!!

Hey! I have an idea!

This is totally something I don't want to forget....

Sarah and I have a little game we play right now that Sarah LOVES!

Me: Sarah, I love you!
Sarah: I love you!
Me: No, I love you!
Sarah: No, no, I love you!
Me: Hey! I have an idea! Let's both love each other!
Sarah: (giggles) Okay!

Then she starts and we play again, reversing the roles. We play this all the time. It gets tiring but it is so stinking cute!

RIP Gymnastics

1 week. That's all we did.

Justin just begged me not to take him to gymnastics tonight. He really just wanted to relax, stay home and play. I told him that would be it - if we didn't go tonight, we wouldn't be going back. Ten minutes later he told me "mommy! I've made up my mind. I want to quit gymnastics."

You know, I hate that we always quit everything with Justin, well, except for music. But we just always quit everything else. This time I think it's totally different though. He is going full day to school. He is really tired. Pushing him with extra stuff just isn't fair. If he had been half days at school I think he would have loved gymnastics. But being so tired he needs some down time. And I am so happy he's doing good at school and that he's happy there.

Oh yeah, I did the right thing!

I forgot to mention that when we got home after Sarah's preschool today, as usual, I went and took off her pull-up. (She is trained at home.) It was drenched. I mean, drenched to the point that it was opening up and the crystal things were exposed. I mean, drenched to the point that 2 parts of her bike shorts (which were under her dress) were wet. She would never have been able to go to St Mary's!

My kid

This is just classic Justin. He has such an imagination and always wants to play pretend. He came to me & Mick and asked us to make him a fireman's mask, complete with the tank behind his back. This is what we came up with and he LOVED it!

Love? I didn't ask about love!

Me: Justin, do you ever talk to Sarah? (at school)
Justin: No. She's too beautiful!
Me: Oh. Are you intimidated by her beauty?
Justin: I think it's her curls that are the beauty!
Me: Oh.
Justin: You're the second person that has asked me if I love her.
Me: Ummm...I didn't ask that.
Justin: I think I might marry her someday.

Woah. So very much NOT what I was asking! lol

And so it begins

I just realized that Justin never brought his coat home. My favorite jacket of his. Grrrr... not sure where it is. Think I'll find it? I am hoping it's at school in the morning. And I hope if he did just forget it on the bus that it somehow finds it's way home to me. If not, I will be very sad and then afraid to send him in with a coat again.

My poor babe

She was very sad when I picked her up today. I think she thought I was leaving without her, but I am not sure. But she had tears in her eyes. When she came outside, Ms Robin held her back and said "wait here until Mommy pulls up" b/c the car in front of me was leaving. I think she thought I was driving away without her. Either way, it was a tough ride home. She was very upset about something and told me she missed me. I hope she's ok at dropoff on Thursday.

The things they don't tell you

You never know when you send your kids off to school what they are really doing while they are there. You'll get the occasional "he's fine. he had a good day," but not much more. You would think you'd hear anything big or unusual though, but I guess that doesn't always happen either.

When we were at the ice cream social a few weeks ago, we were walking past the nurse's office and Justin said "Sarah, that's where I went when Makayla hit me on the head."

What? When did that happen? How come no one told me?

I ask "Justin, why didn't you ever tell me about that. When did that happen?"

Justin answered, "oh that was when I was in the 3 year class mommy."

LMAO And I find out about it 2 years later.

She's so beautiful!

You know, I honestly never expected Justin to say that anytime soon. He never talks about girls like that. So I was shocked, and couldn't stop laughing, when Mick told me about his conversation with Justin tonight.

Mick was asking Justin about kids at school. Justin only talks about Jack and how he plays with Jack, blah, blah, blah. Sure, he doesn't really know the other kids names, but I am also wondering if he does play with other kids. (I know he mentioned Carlton today. They were in 4 yr old class together. I asked Justin about remembering Carlton and he answered "yeah, after he told me who he was." lol He has also referred to "his friend from Music" a couple times. That would be Emmerick. They were in Kindermusic together for a year when they were 3.)

So, anyway, Mick asks him about playing with other kids. Justin didn't say much.

Mick: What about Sarah (from soccer). Do you talk to her much?
Justin: I'm very shy around Sarah b/c she's so beautiful and so lovely

OMG! Way too stinking funny. I had no idea he'd start noticing these things so young.

And so it starts!

One week later...

Things are much calmer for me now.

Justin has one week of Kindergarten behind him and I think he'll be fine. He seems happy to go to school and happy when he gets home. I am so relieved that he likes it. But he is tired. And it's getting worse each day. When he's upset it is so much more intensified than usual. It is not all fun. We let him skip soccer today b/c he told us he was too tired. And he is. I am not sure what we'll do about gymnastics. We'll have to see how that goes. For now, we only have 1 soccer game each of the next 2 weekends, so that will help. Not sure how long he'll last. I can't force the extra stuff. School has to come first.

I am still so happy about finding Sarah a school. I still cannot believe it. It is totally a blessing from God cause I had no right finding her a spot there the day before school started. Just crazy. And so meant to be. I hope she continues to like it. I am so happy for her. She has never been able to have friends her age, other than small playgroups here and there. I am so happy that she will have little girls to play with. I know she'll have fun. And she seems totally fine with her teacher, Ms Robin.

I just cannot believe how much has changed in one week!

No soccer for today

We never made it to soccer today. We had been debating going since Justin was way too tired to even play most of yesterday's game. So we told him today about 15 minutes before it was time to leave. He started crying. "No. I don't want to play soccer on back to back days. They will drain me of my energy to much." Ok. I can't argue with that. Poor kid. This full day school thing will take some time to get used to.

Some fun photos

And yes I am completely freaked out by the germ thing!

Soccer!

Opening day.

Justin loved the parade, as small as it was. He spent the whole time covering his ears and yelling "I love fire trucks!"



Then the game..
Justin is completely non-competitive and really can't get into it but loved running around.





Then he got tired and wanted out. He didn't even want to go back in until I finally told him it was the last few minutes of the game. Poor kid was exhausted!

Peanuts and spider bites galore!

Not what I expected...

And I am so very sick of all the trips to the doctor. They are very nice people, but I am really tired of seeing them so often!

Her rash started coming back last night. I talked to the doctor this morning. That still fits the pattern. It can come and go for a few months. Continue benadryl and claritan.

She has been having TONS of very puffy mosquito bites. I noticed what looked to be another one this morning. Then it got bigger. And harder. Then it started leaking puss. Off to the doctor's this afternoon. Spider bite. Benadryl for now. If it gets bigger, antiobiotics. Good grief, this poor kid.

And while there, I learned that her test results from last week came in (after I talked to her this morning.) Sarah is allergic (although mild) to peanuts and cashews. Fine with tree nuts. Allergic to milk. Actually though, the test was taken while she was on benadryl so who knows!

I am SO glad she did that test. Sarah eats pb&j 2 times a day pretty much every day. That's gotta change.

Not sure about the milk thing. It was the rasp test or whatever it is called. She told me she wasn't sure if it was actually an allergy, or just showing her intolerance. She told me to keep giving her the lactose milk for now. Why would it say allergy if it was an intolerance? But at least a milk allergy won't kill her. But I also need to stop all the rash crap that keep going on and on and on.

This sucks. There was already so much she couldn't eat. And I need to be so much more careful. And the poor kid is such a picky eater.

I have an appt with an allergist at the end of the month. I am going to call tomorrow to tell them she tested positive and I would like to get her in even quicker if I can.

Some facts

I just saw that I did this in 2006:

Justin - age 38 months:
Personality:
very talkative and loud talker, easily excitable, charmer
Strengths:
strong verbal skills, great memory
Favorite foods:
french toast sticks, fruit, raisins, (his answer for school was graham crackers), cheese sticks, cookies
Favorite shows:
Sesame Street, Little Bear, Franklin, Bob the Builder, Clifford, Curious George, Thomas the Tank Engine, Dora, Go Diego Go
Favorite Toys:
tools, thomas trains, legos, ride on cars

Sarah - age 16 months:
Personality:
very strong willed, quick temper, big flirt, loves to talk and talk loudly
Strengths:
growing verbal skills, good memory, pretty good physical skills
Favorite foods:
grapes, melon, and all other fruits, cookies, pizza (very picky eater right now. Will sometimes love sometime and other times looks offended at you for offering that same food.)
Favorite shows:
Sesame Street (loves Elmo), Bob the Builder, Oobi, Dora
Favorite Toys:
Justin's tools, thomas trains, fridge magnets, anything with Elmo
Favorite words:



Time for an update:

Justin - age 5 and 2 months:
Personality:
still very talkative and loud talker, easily excitable, charmer
Strengths:
still strong verbal skills, great memory. Honest, he remembers so darn much!
Favorite foods:
still loves french toast sticks, fruit, cookies. He LOVES cheese sandwiches, chocolate milk, yummy peppers and bell peppers, Mr Subb Chicken sub, carrots, pork chops, spaghetti, tuna fish, frozen peas, yogurt,hot dogs, cake
He HATES pizza and anything with sauce. He will eat some white pizzas
Favorite shows:
Batman, SuperFriends, Krypo the Superdog, Justice League (although he has not watched it much since an episode scared him last week), Scooby Doo, Gerald McBoingBoing, Magic School Bus
Likes to watch movies: Cars, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, and most Pixar movies
Favorite Toys:
Still loves his tools, thomas trains, legos, ride on cars. He now loves to play dress-up and loves to be Batman, Superman, a policeman, a fireman, Mr Incredible.
He loves his Rescue Heroes, his playmobile

Sarah - age 3 and 4 months:
Personality:
still strong willed, quick temper (but not as much), loves to talk and talk loudly at times when she's animated. She is VERY cautious, and very hesistant. She is scared very easily by a lot of different toys, and movie/show characters. She will shake and cry when she's scared. She is very observant and really studies people.
Strengths:
good verbal skills, good memory
Favorite foods:
still loves melon, and a lot of fruits, cookies, pizza. She likes french fries, fruit bars, toaster sticks. I think her favs are pizza, fruit cups, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. And she LOVES her lactose free milk! Used to LOVE rice krispies with strawberries, but hasn't eaten them in quite a while. She's an extremely picky eater and won't even let you keep something on her plate if she doesn't want it.
Favorite shows:
No longer Sesame Street and she is now scared to death of Elmo. Still likes Dora. She loves Backyardigans, Max & Ruby and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She likes to watch Scooby Doo and Superfriends with Justin.
Favorite Toys:
Still likes Justin's tools, thomas trains and now HATES anything with Elmo. Her favs now are playmobile, My Little Pony, Emily's Callico Critters, her dolls

My new preschooler!

So I know I did the right thing. We went to the new school this morning. Sarah liked it. I liked it. There are 4 classes and they rotate b/w the 4 classrooms each day. She will be in Ms Robin's class with Lexi and will start in the activity/craft classroom.

They are totally leaving the potty thing up to Sarah. They will do things at her pace. I will send her in pull-ups and they will bring her potty as needed. I can send a ring in and I am to send pull-ups and wipes in her bag each day. They will even change her if she poops. Wow.

They seem like a great school. They already gave me a calendar with all the planned projects for Sept.

I had to commit for the school year so I decided to cancel her spot at St Marys instead of going to that orientation. I dropped Sarah at Grammy's house while I went to tell them there. So, while Sarah would have been at orientation with me, she was at Grammy's pooping in her pants. Yup. I consider that a major sign that I did the right thing.

KIcker is that she peed on the potty twice tonight without the ring. She likes the new trick that Justin taught her. But, that aside, she still isn't trained. She might have been able to go to St Mary's, but I know I was meant to send her to the new place instead.

Check out my new preschooler.






Class starts Thurs. We'll see how she does with her anxiety issues.

Oh...and I almost forgot. I called my mom on the way home from her school to tell her I wanted to drop Sarah at her house and go alone to cancel her school. Sarah started crying in her carseat "No. Don't cancel school! Don't cancel school."
I explained I wanted to cancel the school that wouldn't let her use her potty ring but I wanted to keep her at the school we had just been to. I asked "Is that ok?" She sighed. "Oh, ok."

I have had enough school drama already!

And we are only 2 days into Kindergarten.

I went with Sarah to the bus stop to pick up Justin today. I decided to take the van since it had rained so much today and I didn't want to get caught in another downpour. So, the first couple of buses went by. And then another bus. And as the bus went by, I see Justin's little face looking out the window at me. Ugh!! Are you kidding me?

Luckily I had the van. Otherwise I would have had to run home and call the bus company.

I went up the hill hoping to catch the bus at Emily and Ian's house. Nope. They were already off the bus. I stopped and yelled to Emily that Justin was still on the bus. She couldn't stop the driver though. Ugh!

So up the other hill. Do you know how hard it is to catch a bus driver's attention? Luckily I got him at the next stop and told him he missed my son's stop. Justin came up front and came and hugged me. The driver wouldn't let me have him until he talked to someone b/c I wasn't at the stop. More proof that I am not a screamer b/c I did not scream at him. Finally he checked the list and saw the stop and Justin's name and let me have him.

Really, enough Justin school drama already!

Drama aside - he had another good day and was all smiles again. He seems very happy about school. He got tired tonight, but I think that was more b/c he woke up at 6am than it was about school.

He seems to really like it. One awesome thing is that the 4th graders are the ones who help out at lunch. Emily volunteered for this whole week and she was able to request Justin's class. So awesome.

Oh, but back to Emily --- yeah, I had given Emily $5 to Borders as a thank you for agreeing to watch for Justin on the bus. So how funny is it that as she got off at her bus stop, she walked by him and said "bye Justin" and kept going. lol She made sure he got on the bus and then started reading and didn't pay attention to anything. So funny. Poor kid felt really bad though.

Gymnastics and Ballet

She loved them! A half hour of each and we can't wait to go back!

Sarah and school

Copied from my mommy and scrapping boards...

oh my...oh my...oh my....I Finally have some good news! I hope I can stop being such a downer now!

I called a whole bunch of preschools. No luck. Then decided to call one of the really good ones and told her “I have a question for you. I am sure the answer is no, but do you have any openings in the mornings for your 3 yr old program?” She went to check and her exact words were “OMG! You are not going to believe this, but someone just switched out of the mornings to afternoons this morning.” OMG!

They allow pull ups.
They allow me to bring her potty ring in and leave it at school.
They just want you to tell them where she is and they will work with her!!!!!
Open house is tomorrow morning.
School starts Thurs.

Really, the only drawback is that it isn’t where I wanted her to go and it’s 20 minutes away v/s 3 mins.

But it’s a very good school. I know several moms who love it. When I mentioned one of my friend’s names, she was all excited that Sarah knew someone and was gonna switch someone else around so Sarah could be in class with Lexi.

I am so stunned, still a little sad, but so excited!

How can I not do this instead? OMG!!!!

There is a lot I still need to find out, like what to do for Sarah’s snack problems - can’t have lactose, etc. But this really seems meant to be.

Thank you so much for all of you that have listened to me and talked to me about this. Your support meant a lot.

I think Sarah and I will be much happier at this place than forcing her to do something she’s not ready to do at the other school.

I am still stunned.

Oh....and Sarah LOVED gymnastics and ballet. Loved them!!!

My week is off to a good start!

Although - Justin’s principle called me this morning to tell me the answer about the potty seat ring. I am not kidding - panic freakin’ city. It was 1 yr ago this Friday that I got the call that Justin ran out of school and into the road. When she started talking to me about Sarah, I was like “Wait! So this isn’t about Justin? Oh thank God!”

*****
update
Tonight she went and sat on the big potty, without the ring. Yup. You couldn't make this stuff up. She never peed while she was on it that way. But, when she went to sit on and I was like "sarah!" , she said "it's ok mommy, Justin showed me his trick." OMG! Really, this could only happen to me.
A few minutes later she ran back in though and wanted the ring. And she looked up at me so sweetly "my school will let me use the ring?" I smiled at her "Yes Sarah, the new school will let you use the ring."

I am now back to being confused. But I think I will bring her to both orientations tomorrow just to see how she does. I think I will start her at ABC and keep her enrolled for a few weeks at St Mary's. Really, she might now be able to handle it, somewhat, at St Marys. But she really is not potty trained. Only at home. She still has a LONG way to go to be where St Mary's wants her to be. So, I think she'll feel better at ABC. I know it will be more comfortable for her, and given her other fears right now, that is important.

My Kindergarten boy!

He looks so cute and grown up! Well, in a little boy way!

He woke up all smile this morning and was all excited. So different than last year. As soon as he got dressed, he had to check himself out in the mirror:







After school. He got off the bus so happy!!!
And when Grampy asked him if he liked it, Justin answered "I didn't like it, I MORE than LIKED it!"






Some first day stuff -
He is sitting with Sarah B and Jenna from his soccer team.
He made friends with 2 kids - 1 boy and 1 girl. And of course, he doesn't know their names.
He is all excited to go tomorrow b/c "Me and my new friend are going to build a tower block that will reach the ceiling!"

Oh, and tomorrow is Tuesday and it's gym day. Time for some more pictures with the gym uniform!

I am freaking out!

I am absolutely on the verge of freaking the hell out!

My baby boy has one more day at home. ONE. Just one. Then he starts school. Full days. How is this possible? How is he now longer a little kid who spends the day at home with Mommy? I don't understand where the time has gone. I will so very much miss the days at home with him. Yes, I do get excited to see him doing new things and to see him grow up, but I will miss the hell out of his little years. I love being a SAHM and it has been the best 5 years of my life. And a huge part of that is ending on Monday morning when we drop him off at school. It is sad. It is exciting. It is terrifying! It is just too soon. I miss having a little 2 year boy chasing me around as I try to hold his newborn baby sister. Yes, they are more fun now, but those were some very special times.

I am so very thankful that I have been able to be a SAHM and that I have been able to watch him grow up.

I have no clue how I will feel on Monday. I will be a wreck. But that is also b/c of the whole Sarah situation with school. (She is not potty trained enough to go. I don't think she will be able to. We'll see...) But I will also be a wreck spending my day wondering what my baby boy is doing and if my baby boy is behaving. And I will wonder how he is doing with tucking his shirt in and pulling his pants back up with his belt. I will wonder if he's going to eat his lunch. I will wonder if he's talking too much and if he's being to bossy to the other kids. I will be wondering if he's happy or if he's sad. I will be so worried.

Why does time have to go by so fast?

Ok, maybe she just isn't ready

I want Sarah to go to preschool. Preschool is fun. And I think preschool is so good for kids. It teaches them how to be away from their momma, how to listen to a teacher, how to make friends, how to clean up, how to sit quietly, how to share with others, etc.

I will be crushed if she can't go to 3 yr old preschool.

But I am very nervous about so much:
- The potty training thing. She still won't use the potty in public. And she doesn't care at all when she wets or poops in her pants. I cannot make her use the potty at school. She has to want to do it.
- She is so scared of so many things. See my other post.

So maybe she isn't ready. If so, I will really need to find peace with this or rush off to find her a new school that takes pull-ups.

This whole thing is stressing me out every day!

Why Halloween will suck this year

Sarah is scared of everything. She clings to you and cries when she sees the following:

Wall-e
Elmo
Spiderman
stuffed animal snowmen
and so many more

She can't be in the room if she sees even a photo of these characters.

I am so scared of how she will react in preschool. Kids will have tshirts, toys, backpacks that are going to scare the hell out of her.

Halloween will be torture! I predict Mick and I will be carrying her the whole time we are trick or treating, as she clings to us in fear.

Wow, so many changes

It is amazing how a nice summer can suddenly turn into a fully booked calendar with the beginning of school. I feel like we have so much going on.

Saturday:
Justin has his soccer shoot-out and will get his team shirt

Monday:
Justin starts school
Sarah starts dance and gymnastics

Tuesday:
Sarah starts school

Wednesday:
Sarah starts music
Justin starts gymnastics

Saturday:
Justin has his first soccer game

That just seems like a lot of firsts for one week. I hope the kids hold up!

Uh oh...he has a clue

I didn't think Justin really knew how much he'd be at school. Next Monday he starts Kindergarten and he will be full day. I was telling him this full day stuff here and there, but not much. I know he loves to stay home and hang with me and with Sarah. And he never wants to be away from us much. Last year he complained and complained every single day on the way to school. It was agony for me. So, I didn't tell him too much. But I think he's catching on.

Tonight-
Justin: Sarah, come on, we need to play superheroes. This is one of the last times we will get to play.
Me: what are you talking about?
Justin: I'll be at school all day and won't be able to play
Me: You'll still get to play
Justin: I don't want to go all day.

Oh, the fun starts....
he's gonna hate this.
I'll bring him about 7:50 and he'll get off the bus around 2:50.
Long day!

Poor Justin

He wanted so badly to play outside when Mick was mowing the lawn. I got both kids dressed and got them out the door. Instantly, you could see the fear. He wasn't outside more than a minute before he saw a bee and was screaming to come inside.

He's finally better about screaming about it while we are inside. And he's ok outside, most of the time, when we aren't home. Although, tonight at the park, he was avoiding one of his favorite sections b/c he saw a bee there.

But the poor kid is traumatized by our backyard.

There's always next summer....

Just a bad day for Sarah

Poor kid. She woke up cranky. Cried and whined a ton today. Obviously she wasn't feeling well.

Then...
She got a sliver at the park and we needed to go home to get it out.

Then...
She fell and cut up her knee when we were at the new lookout over the falls.

Then...
after her bath I noticed that she has another strange rash all over her back.
and she gets so mad when I look at her gross, feeling hands.

She just didn't have a good day.

I hope tomorrow's better.

Of course, she'll hate that I am calling the doctor and Daddy has to go back to work.

Oh fun!